Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Frank Seiberling in 1898 on the Little Cuyahoga River in Akron Ohio. He borrowed thirty five hundred dollars from his brother-in-law to start the company. The company was named after Charles Goodyear who discovered the rubber vulcanization process in 1839. The company started to build their first factory in 1902 in Akron. In 1903 Paul Litchfield‚ a factory manager received a patent on the tubeless tire. In 1904
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Charles Goodyear Inventor of Goodyear Tire *Born in New Haven‚ CT in 1800 * at 34 years of age he was put in prison for having a $5 hotel debt the he couldn’t pay off * while in prison he asked his wife to bring him Indian rubber and a rolling pin *his facination with rubber began from his diliking of how in his younger days‚ playing outside on a sunny day‚ the soles on his shoes would melt. *with the soles of his shoes melted it made it difficult run because it would stick to the fround
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Good Year and Tire Rubber Company Good Year Tire and Rubber Company Case Analysis Background Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is a profitable business which was founded in 1898. When 38 year old Frank Seiberling purchased the company he knew nothing on the longevity and success it would bring. Mr. Seiberling installed a down payment on the first Goodyear plant with a borrowed amount of $3500.During the late 1800s and early 1900s cotton and rubber were considered the lifeblood of the industry.
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Unit 16 Case Brief Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company We enter this case at a time when Goodyear is considering distribution through Sears (chain department store). Goodyear has historically sold direct through company-owned dealers and franchised (hybrid of direct) dealers. The behavior of consumers is changing; in terms of their tire decision process and points of purchase. We see these changes in channel shares between retailer types. For Goodyear‚ what changes in distribution strategy
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Assignment Three Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Marketing 440 Problem Statement With the competitiveness of the US tire industry in 1992‚ Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is reconsidering a proposal from the department store Sears to carry Goodyear Eagle brand tires. With a $38 million loss in 1990 and a change in top-level management in 1991‚ the Sears proposal from 1989 was being looked at again. These new top-level managers have two decisions to make: whether Sears should carry only
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Jeff Dennis 10/17/10 Goodyear: Aquatred The year is 1992 and Goodyear is planning to release its new tire the Aquatred. The new tire is a premium tire which reroutes water away from the main tread making it have superior traction in wet conditions. With the launch of this tire coming up Goodyear has some challenges they need to figure out‚ where should they price the Aquatred? Which type of distribution model should they use? To figure this out we will first need to discuss the existing market
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P’s in marketing Mix Products: Goodyear produces tires for nearly all types of vehicles including passenger vehicles‚ light truck tires and highway truck tires. There are currently 30 different types of passenger car tires ranging in price‚ tread wear index’s‚ traction and temperature grades that Goodyear has to offer. Price: Retail tires for passenger vehicles range from $125 to $175. Place: Goodyear distributes its products to some 8000 locations in the United states‚ and some 25‚000
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Marketing assignment Ruoming Li ID 0562780 BUSI 2230 Profession: William Murray The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is very famous tire producer in North America now‚ which included race cars tires‚ truck tires‚ snow tires‚ heavy earth-mover tires and automobile tires. It was established in Akron‚ Ohio‚ in 1898 by Frank Seiberling‚ which had only thirteen employees. Moreover‚ David Hill who is the first president of the company
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divided into two end-use markets: First is the original equipment tire market (OEM) in which tires are sold directly to the automobile or truck manufacturers. This market represents 25 to 30 percent of the tire unit production volume each year. Goodyear is the market share leader in this segment and captures 38 percent (1991). Within this segment‚ price is highly inelastic due to the fact that car and truck manufacturers can easily switch to a competitor brand since the price competition in this
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GOODYEAR – SUMITOMO DEAL Introduction Goodyear was the leading tire manufacturer till the late 1980s after which Groupe Michelin and Bridgestone Corp toppled Goodyear from its number one market position. Samir Gibara of Goodyear wanted to regain the top spot by increasing the annual revenues by at least 50% and that would be possible only through the acquisition of another company. Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd of Japan seemed to be a good strategic acquisition for Goodyear because of its Dunlop
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